SECTION-A
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that
follow:
1. Dussehra and Diwali leave us in a mess-physically
speaking. After all the lavish indulgences, our
body literally sends signals that it is time we slowed
down. And there is a way out-remove the
toxins.
2. Most people believe that going on a detox trip is like
suffering a crash diet and a method to
lose weight, which is wrong notion. Nutrition head of
Gold’s Gym Ashwini Sukumar explains
that detoxification has its roots in traditional Chinese
medicines that is also been used in
ancient India, Asia and Egypt. It is the body’s natural,
ongoing process if neutralizing or
eliminating toxins from the body. “A detox diet post
Diwali blast is for those who want to bring
their bodies back to its original condition following
festival fun. You may decide to use a detox
plan as a regular thing when you begin to feel the
benefits and can use the principles again,
depending on the extent of detox you are looking to
achieve,” she explains.
3. She also explains that it is necessary and important to
go on a detox diet after binging on your
favourite food. “Many chemicals we ingest daily, through
food, water and air, are deposited as
fat cells in our bodies. A diet that lacks certain nutrients
may also impair our natural ability to
detoxify chemicals, which further leads to their build-up
in the body. So, it is necessary to go on
a detox diet to cleanse all that. “States Ashwini. The
benefits include improved digestion, and
increased concentration and clarity.
4. Many people also go on such diets to lose weight, is it
a good thing? We ask. “If you fast for
several days, you will shed weight, no question. But
typically, most of the weight loss is water
loss and some of it may be muscle tissue. Fasting or
detoxing for longer periods can also slow
down your metabolism, making it harder to keep the weight
off or lose weight later.
5. While, director of wellness chi-health, Sheela
Krishnaswamy says, “modern medicine has no
scientific-belief in detoxs diets because the liver,
kidneys, colon and skin remove waste
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products from our body on a daily basis, irrespective of
what we may eat. But alternate
therapists endorse detox diets very strongly, especially
after a season of dietary excesses.”
6. She also points out that working on such diets is a new
concept. “Earlier women used to
prepare sweets and snacks at home. They always knew what
ingredients they would use and
the preparation would also involve tedious work. Even if
they binge the physical work that was
involved during the preparation of these festivals would
help them to cut down on the fat. But
now everything is available on the shelf and of late,
people prefer buying sweets at stores,
where the calorie content is high,” she states.
7. So what does a typical detox process entail? “cut back
on sugary stuff. Have lot of vegetables,
fruit juices, coconut water and exercise if you have
gained weight. But, remember to detox only
for day or two. “Don’t go on a continuous crash, it will
harm your body.” She warns.
Now answer the questions that follow, based on your reading of the
above extract:
1. What is the wrong notion harboured by most people about
detox diets?
2. Is it a good sign to go on an extended diet to lose
weight?
3. Why is it necessary to go on a detox diet?
4. What comprises of a detox diet?
5. Why does modern science not believe in detox diet?
Find words in the passage that mean the same as
1. Intake {para3}
2. Remove harmful or poisonous substance
3. Slow or dull {para6}
2. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions
that follow.
The origin of water on Earth is linked to the formation of
Earth. According to some currently
accepted theories Earth began as a waterless mass of rock
surrounded by cloud of gas. Radioactive
materials in the rock and increasing pressure in the
Earth’s interior gradually produced enough
heat to melt the interior of the Earth. The heavy
materials, such as iron ores, then sank. The light
silicates (rocks made up of silicon and oxygen) rose to
the Earth’s surface and formed the earliest
crust. Many silicate rocks have water molecules integrated
into their atomic arrangement – water
can be driven out of such rocks by the action of heat.
Thus the heating of the Earth’s interior
caused release of water contained in such rocks to the
surface. Over millions of years, water thus
released collected slowly in low places of the crust and
formed the oceans. Whatsoever might have
been the origin of water, Earth’s original supply of water
is still in use and very little, if any, has
been added during the past billion years or so. The same
water has been pumped time and again
from the oceans into the air, dropped down upon the lands
and transferred back to sea. A single
drop of water spends 8 to 10 days passing through air, 2
to 3 weeks in a river, as long as 100 years
in a Himalayan Glacier or from 100 to 40,000 year
underground.
As chemical, water is unique and rather odd. All its
oddities can be traced to its molecular
structure. It is a rather sturdy molecule. Until some 180
years ago water was believed to be an
invisible element rather than a chemical compound. Today
students of science knows that each of
its molecules is made up of two atoms of Hydrogen and one
atom of oxygen the bond between
the oxygen and the hydrogen atom is polar, that is, it has
positive and negative charged ends
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because of an unequal distribution of electrons. The
oxygen atom has a denser distribution of
electrons around it and hence a net negative charge. The
hydrogen atoms in a water molecule, on
the other hand, are positively charged. This leads to a
lopsided (molecule with electrical charges
concentrated on opposite sides). Water molecules, are
therefore, attracted to each other as well
as to other molecules having a similar charge
distribution. And many of the characteristic features
of water can be traced to the so-called hydrogen bond
between its molecules.
When a substance dissolves in another substance, the
resulting distribution of the molecules of
the two substances has lesser number of molecules of
either substance surrounded by its own
kind. This necessitates disrupting prevailing
intermolecular forces in each of them. The molecules
of most organic compounds (e.g., oily substances are
non-polar). As a consequence the
intermolecular forces between organic molecules are much
weaker than in water. If such a
substance is to mix with water – the resulting
distribution of molecules must lead to lowering of
energy content. If more energy is required to separate
water molecules from each other (by
breaking hydrogen bonds) than is gained when water
molecules get closer to organic molecules,
the two substances will not mix together. It is for this
reason that water and oil do not mix and
many organic compounds do not dissolve in water.
2.A On the basis of your reading of the above passage,
make notes using headings and subheadings,
use recognizable abbreviations wherever necessary.
2.B Make a summary of the above passage in not more than
80 words using the notes made and
also suggest a suitable title.
SECTION-B: ADVANCED WRITING SKILLS 35
3. You are Gokul/Gopika, the Secretary of Integrity Club.
Draft a notice inviting the students of
your school to attend a Skit to be presented by the
members of your club on the occasion of the
vigilance day being observed in your school on Nov 1.
Write the notice in not more than 30 to 50
words. 5
OR
You are Rani and have been accepted at NIT, Suratkal as
you have scored a high rank in AIEEE. You
decided to host a party for your close friends and
relatives before you leave for Suratkal. As Rani
draft an informal invitation in not more than 50 words.
4. The social service league of your school celebrated
Diwali in a novel way by collecting money
and discarded clothes and distributing them along with
sweets and crackers to the children at a
local orphanage. Write a report for your school magazine
as Praneet / Preeti, Secretary of your
club. 10
OR
You are Winnie/William. The Book Fair which lasted for a
month in your city was the topic of all
book lovers. Write a report on it in about 100-125 words.
5.Your sister has just passed the all India Secondary
School Examination of CBSE. She has seen an
advertisement in a newspaper regarding Air Hostess – as a
career. She is keen to join the training
course provided by ABC Service, Connaught place, New
Delhi. Write a letter to the Director of the
Centre seeking necessary information about her admission.
You are Rohit. 10
OR
You are Chetna Sharma of Siddarthnagar, Mysore. You came
across an article in the news Paper
about the effects of Endosulfan on human beings and the
Governments decision not to ban the
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use of Endosulfan. You decide to write a letter to the
Editor expressing your deep shock and
outrage at the callous attitude of the Government. As Chetna
write the letter in about 200 words.
5. The other day the value Education Club of your school
organized a visit to the “The Home for the
Aged” in your town. There you got a chance to know the
feelings and problems of the aged from
close quarters. On your return from the trip, you decide
to write an article for the Bangalore Times
on the problems of the Aged and governments expected role
in solving them. Write the article in
about 150-200 words. OR
Love for one’s country is a great Virtue. We must inculcate
this virtue in our students and modern
youth. In order to stress the need of ‘Patriotism’ Remo, a
student of class XII, writes an article for the
school magazine. Write the article in about 150-200 words.
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SECTION-C: TEXT BOOK
7.Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
“It would be an exotic
moment
Without rush, without engines,
We would all be together
In a sudden strangeness.”
1. When would it be an exotic moment for the poet? 1
2. What does the poet wish to achieve by this silence? 1
3. Why does the poet describe the togetherness as
‘Strange’? 1
OR
“Standing a few yards
Away, I looked again at her, wan,
Pale
As a late winter’s moon and felt that
Old
Familiar ache, my childhood’s fear,
But all I said was see you soon,
Ammo, all I did was smile and smile and
smile…….”
1. Why has the poet compared her mother to a late winter’s
moon? 1
2. What kind of an ache is the poet taking about in the
above lines? 1
3. How did the poet give herself and her mother a
reassurance of meeting again? 1
8.Answer any three of the following questions 30-40 words. 3x3=6
1. In the poem ‘A Thing of Beauty’ how has the poet
brought out his immense faith in the divine?
2. What kind of things have the slum children received as
a legacy from their elders?
3. What kind of a lesson can we learn from Mother Earth.?
4. What makes we human beings able to love life in spite
of innumerable suffering?
9.Answer the following question in 30-40 words. 3x2=6
a. Why did the peddler not
respect the confidence reposed in him by the crofter?
b. How is Mukesh different from
the other member of his family?
c. In ‘Poets and Pancakes’, why
is the legal adviser referred to as the opposite by the other?
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d. What had been put on the
bulletin board that attracted everybody’s attention the day Franz
was late to school?
10.Bring out vividly with the help of examples, the
multi-faceted personality of Kothamangalm
Subbu. OR
“Freedom from fear is a prerequisite for justice”. How did
Gandhi
prove this through the Champaran episode? 10 M
11. The lesson ‘Lost Spring ’talks about a very serious
social issue/evil, Child Labour. The major
cause of this social menace is illiteracy and Educating
and sensitizing the adults against pushing
their children /engaging children in child labour is the
immediate need of the hour. In this mission ,
students like you can play a major role , becoming the
volunteers. Write an article in about 100
words on the Value of Education and students power in
eradicating child labour. 5
12.Bring out the irony in the story “Tiger King”. OR
How did Dr. Sadao rise above narrow prejudices of race and
country to help a human
being in need? 07
13. Answer the following in 30-40 words: 4x2=8
a. What was the objective of the
‘Students on Ice programme’?
b. What clues did the answer
sheet of Evans provide to the Governor?
c. How does Lamb transform
Derek?
d. Why was Roger skunk not
accepted by his peer group?
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